Bad.

Wasn't it bad enough that the Real Ghostbusters show was filled with
crap episodes that were forced down the guts of viewers unlike great
shows like Spiral Zone, Bravestarr and Cops? The RGBs itself may have
been a crappy ass show filled with 1 or 2 really good episodes per
season until the franchise got revived some ten years later in a far
better series called Extreme Ghostbusters, but who would really want a
spin off like Slimer! and....People ask why? Well, it was because of
business and related politics. They wanted to make the show more kids
friendly and some people left the team, sending the RGB show to the
very bottom. Its a good thing they decided to scrap most of the
originals and go for some new people.

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32 out of 36 people found the following review useful:

The annoying Slimer gets his own show. Why????.

I don't know what made the producers think that Slimer was the star of the
Real Ghostbusters. Slimer was very annoying and I always hoped the team
would bust him and put him in the containment unit. Seriously though, the
Real Ghostbusters was already on life support long before this show started.
This show was little more than a desperate attempt to keep this franchise
going.

Watch the first two seasons(AND ONLY THE FIRST TWO SEASONS!!) of the Real
Ghostbusters instead. >

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful:

"Slimer," a show that didn't entirely work

In the late '80s, there was a crop of new shows that took classic
characters and dumbed them down for a younger audience. "The New
Archies," "The Flintstone Kids" and "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" were all
moderately successful, so creators decided to take the popular Slimer
character out of his element and create a new show for the kiddies with
the ghost as star. That in itself wasn't the problem with this series
-- if it had been a syndicated weekday morning show aimed at a
preschool audience, it has the potential to have been quite successful.
The problem is it was paired with episodes of "The Real Ghostbusters"
once a week on Saturday mornings as an hourlong series titled "Slimer
and the Real Ghostbusters." The audience watching the cleverly-written
series when it began two years later were growing up, and it was a very
disconcerting thing to suddenly see their favorite characters
drastically dumbed down.

In the 12 1/2 episodes of "Slimer," Janine and the Ghostbusters are
secondary background characters in Slimer's adventures. Everyone's
character design is drastically different and there's a 1940s cartoony
American animation feel to them, as opposed to the more popular "Real
Ghostbusters" show, which was very Anime in design. Good reason for
that too, it was cheaply and quickly animated in the USA.

The show introduced other people Slimer interacted with while the
Ghostbusters were off on missions -- most of whom were villains.
Professor Dweeb was a bespectacled mad scientist who stalked Slimer
along with his pink poodle sidekick Elizabeth. Manx the cat (who had a
long tail) and Bruiser the dog were constant comic foils.
Gargoyle-looking, mobster demons Goolem and Ziggy were always on the
hunt for Slimer, whom they felt had wronged them. Slimer sometimes hung
out at The Hotel Sedgewick, run by crotchety, dignified manager Grout;
and Bud was a stoner, surfer-dude type who worked as a bellboy at the
hotel. Fred was a little Scottie dog who sometimes accompanied Slimer
on adventures; and Chilly was a sweet black lady who drove an ice cream
truck. The Junior Ghostbusters, who originated in the earlier series,
also made a few appearances.

The gags were juvenile in nature, hearkening back to Bugs Bunny and the
early days of Hanna-Barnera, when stories/jokes were simple and
characters could be blown up or flattened and bounce back to their
normal shape a moment later. Unfortunately, network meddling is
obvious, as all of the jokes are insipidly tame. 33 segments were
produced, ranging from 7 to 14 minutes in length, and the final half
hour was rounded out with a retitled segment from an earlier episode.

The episodes are separated on the final two discs of "The Real
Ghostbusters" complete DVD set. It hasn't aged as well as episodes of
the other series, either in content or visuals. The prints are very
scratchy and some are dubbed from a slightly worn video source. As for
the content, the show is very cutesy, simple and it just doesn't have
enough weight or non-visual humor to it to hold the attention of older
viewers. It's fairly mindless entertainment, and the crew wasn't
allowed to push the envelope as much as on "Tiny Toon Adventures,"
which many crew members subsequently worked on. "Slimer" quickly
vanished into oblivion, though Professor Dweeb made a few additional
appearances on "The Real Ghostbusters" and NOW Comics released 20
issues of a tie-in comic book series before the company filed for
bankruptcy in 1990.

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful:

Slimer! And why the Ghostbusters are #2!

After the popularity of the Ghostbusters movie came The Real
Ghostbusters, which due to the 'addition' of Slimer as a main character
led to his popularity among kids in the late 80's. After the main ghost
with the most (besides Beetlejuice) gained a lot of kid's affection it
led to Slimer becoming a main "title" character. The newer Ghostbusters
cartoon featured more of the slimy spud, but the show was still
basically The Real Ghostbusters.

The cartoon that was released after the first movie (The Real
Ghostbusters) is still considered the "best" although aside from the
intro there is not much more of a difference. Slimer was fun for
awhile, looking back, but at the time his being an addition to the team
was excellent. Even thought this version of the show wasn't great it
still trumps a lot of the future Ghostbuster spin-offs... That being
said, I hope the new game captures the original feel.

Who ya gonna call? Precisely!

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1 out of 9 people found the following review useful:

Funniest animated series ever!

This is the animated series that I have most liked in my childhood, in
part
because of the great italian dubbing that was done by the same people that
dubbed the Ghostbusters films and Slimer's fantastic voice: Solvejg
D'Assunta. The episodes are all incredibly funny and drawn with a lovely
colourful style. You won't believe how many friends (and enemies) Slimer
has!

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1 out of 19 people found the following review useful:

What do you expect from a show centered around Slimer?

That's pretty much all you have to ask yourself. Don't expect the witty
Ghostbusters of
the past, as they're given minor roles in this series. As long as you
don't
expect much,
you won't be disappointed. It really is an embarrassment to the whole
Ghostbusters
franchise (yes, it's worse than Extreme Ghostbusters) and yet it's
actually
on par with
90% of the cartoons of the time. Odd.

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4 out of 31 people found the following review useful:

Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters!

This in My opinion was just the same as The Real Ghostbusters show just
except if focused on Slimer a bit more. It was still a very good animated
show of the 80s. If it is ever on TV or you see it on video pick it up!
Its
very good! Recommended!

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3 out of 40 people found the following review useful:

Hmm... interesting

This series focused more on the Ghostbusters' pet, Slimer rather than the
Ghostbusters themselves. Basically, Slimer had a much larger role and had
more adventures. The problem with this show was how it became to much like
any other Saturday morning show. Silly and filled with pointless cartoon
violence. The show has it's moments but doesn't live up to the original
Real
Ghostbusters.